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The Mountbattens the illustrious family who, through birth and marriage, from Queen Victoria and the last of the Tsars to Queen Elizabeth II, enriched Europe's royal houses

The House of Mountbatten derives from the House of Battenberg. The Princess Alice (1843-1873) married Grand Duke Louis IV of Hesse and they became the parents of Princess Victoria of Hesse (1863-1950) who married Prince Louis of Battenberg. They changed their name to a more English sounding name during the World War I, thus taking on the name Mountbatten. Louis became the first Marquess of Milford-Haven and was the father of four children. Two of the children became wives to the rulers of Greece and Sweden, while another child, Louis (1900-1979), became Earl Mountbatten of Burma and the last Viceroy of India. One of Louis and Victoria's grandchildren is Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and husband of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain.

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